DR WELCH WAS MY DENTIST FOR YEARS AND YEARS. HIS WIFE FRANCES, FRAN, LIVES IN ROCKVILLE. THEY HAD A SON AND THREE DAUGHTERS. THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. WHILE I ATTENDED I.U. I HAVE A HORRIBLE TOOTH ACHE AND MY PARENTS CALLED DR WELCH, AND HE WAITED AT THE OFFICE UNTIL MY DAD BROUGHT ME HOME FROM BLOOMINGTON AND HE PULLED ALL MY WISDOM TEETH AT ONCE. DR WELCH WAS A FRIENDLY AND KIND MAN. I REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST STARTED HIS PRACTICE, IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE COLLINGS HOUSE WITH DR MERRELL. HE DIDNT HAVE A CHAIR, SO MY MOTHER DROVE TO EVANSVILLE WHERE MY UNCLE WAS A DENTIST AND GOT A CHAIR HE DIDNT USE ANYMORE AND DR WELCH USED THAT UNTIL ALL HIS EQUIPMENT CAME IN. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LATE FORTIES EARLY FIFTIES. FRAN WAS HIS CHAIRSIDE NURSE.WHEN I WAS FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD, I WAS IN A PREDICAMENT. I WAS IN THE ARAGON POOL IN CLINTON AND DIDNT KNOW HOW TO GET OUT, I WAS IN THE WATER CRYING AND DR WELCH WAS THERE AND HE HELP ME OUT OF THE POOL.
Mary Catherine Barnes (Overpeck) (1958)
DR WELCH WAS MY DENTIST FOR YEARS AND YEARS. HIS WIFE FRANCES, FRAN, LIVES IN ROCKVILLE. THEY HAD A SON AND THREE DAUGHTERS. THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. WHILE I ATTENDED I.U. I HAVE A HORRIBLE TOOTH ACHE AND MY PARENTS CALLED DR WELCH, AND HE WAITED AT THE OFFICE UNTIL MY DAD BROUGHT ME HOME FROM BLOOMINGTON AND HE PULLED ALL MY WISDOM TEETH AT ONCE. DR WELCH WAS A FRIENDLY AND KIND MAN. I REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST STARTED HIS PRACTICE, IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE COLLINGS HOUSE WITH DR MERRELL. HE DIDNT HAVE A CHAIR, SO MY MOTHER DROVE TO EVANSVILLE WHERE MY UNCLE WAS A DENTIST AND GOT A CHAIR HE DIDNT USE ANYMORE AND DR WELCH USED THAT UNTIL ALL HIS EQUIPMENT CAME IN. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LATE FORTIES EARLY FIFTIES. FRAN WAS HIS CHAIRSIDE NURSE.WHEN I WAS FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD, I WAS IN A PREDICAMENT. I WAS IN THE ARAGON POOL IN CLINTON AND DIDNT KNOW HOW TO GET OUT, I WAS IN THE WATER CRYING AND DR WELCH WAS THERE AND HE HELP ME OUT OF THE POOL.